The Datil pepper, a hot capsicum variety is an important part of Florida lore and cuisine. So why isn’t the Datil, which is synonymous with St Augustine, the officially designated state pepper? For more information on the pepper’s unique history , Visit St Augustine helps us out.
Democrats have a growing problem with working class voters of ALL ethnicities and races (not just white working class voters as a lot of party elites like to claim but yet, many Democratic elected officials in the state continue to be suckered into cultural battles by Governor DeSantis – the same types of battles the […]
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All of these photos are from in and around western Palm Beach County.
Bulow Creek State Park sits south of the Bulow Plantation along the Halifax River system in both Flagler and Volusia Counties.
On this week’s Florida History Podcast, we discuss Mary McLeod Bethune, a great Floridian who now has a statue residing in statutory hall at the US Capitol in Washington DC. You can listen to the Florida History Podcast on Anchor (which hosts our show), Spotify, Google, Apple Podcasts, Radio Public, Breaker, Overcast, Castro or Pocket Casts. Overcast, Castro, Spotify, Radio Public and Breaker have App Store […]
PBS last night, debuted its American Experience documentary on Zora Neale Hurston, one of the most Floridian’s ever, and one who had a huge impact on African-American history. Link is below. PBS authenticates using your cable subscription and identifying your local PBS station. https://www.pbs.org/video/zora-neale-hurston-claiming-a-space-zpgqfr/
This month marks the 80th Anniversary of President Franklin Roosevelt becoming the first US President to take a plane flight, flying overseas to the wartime Casablanca Conference with British Prime Minister Winston Churchill. FDR flew from Miami’s Dinner Key Airport, which was then the world’s busiest international airport. This historic flight in January 1943 came […]
By Thomas Kennedy Florida Governor Ron DeSantis is the first influencer to hold statewide public office. Attention-hungry and slow on his feet, the far-right Republican has spent the past four years engaged in a one-way conversation with his base, admitting only friendly conservative and acquiescent reporters to his publicly funded press events. While using Floridians’ […]
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